Arm-rail for sleighs



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INVENT R Patented July 30, 1889.

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A. SEARLS. ARMRAIL FOR SLEIGHS.

No. 407,905. Patented July 30, 1889.

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ANSON SEARLS, ()F NEtVARK, NE\V JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE SEARLS- RANDALT; COll'llANY, OF SAME PLACE.

ARM-RAIL FOR SLEIGHS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 407,905, dated July 30, 1889.

Application filed April 19, 1889. Serial No. 307,768. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that l, ANsoN SEAL-Ls, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex, State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Arm-Rails for Sleighs; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of. the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to arm-rails for the sides of sleigh-seats; and it consists in a rail made in one piece and adjustable by means of a stud and socket and held by a bracket that spans the molding of the panel, and may be put on after a sleigh is finished; also, of a capfinisher, all as hereinafter fully described.

The drawings herewith show, in Figure 1, a side View, and in Fig. 2 thehandlc end of rod A. Fig. 3 is a view of the cup (i, Fig. 4 of the bracket B, Fig. 5 of the stud l), and Fig. 6 of the samethreaded at F. Fig. '7 is a top View of all the parts, showingholef in bracket B; and Fig. 8 a modified form of arm II. Fig. 9 shows a sleigh with the arm-rail1\ attached.

The rail A, made of drawn brass rods or. other suitable material, has a handle end 0, flattened out at 0, and provided with aholc (I, and is preferably covered by a co n cave-eon vex cup 0, by which it is attached to the side of a sleigh with a screw or bolt. The middle of the rail A is held by a bracket B, and at the back end by a socket E and threaded stud l). The rail may be bent to any desired. form to fit sleighs of various styles, and a handle formed of any pattern between the end'o and bracket B, and polished or plated, as desired. This is done from a drawn rod in distinction from those heretofore forged and fitted to slcighs or cast to fit the same, thereby reduc in g the cost.

The bracket- B is adapted to be fastened to the top edge of the sleigh-panel and to the side of the same after the sleigh is trimmed and finished, and to span the usual molding that finishes the side of a sleigh at the seat. At B, Fig. 7, it is perforated to receive therail A, and is provided with. an arm ll',t.1at is attached to the top of the sleigh-panel by a screw in hole f. From B, Fig. 4, it extends out a piece from the side by the screw or pin The angle formed by arm It to B and extension to g will span the usual molding used on sleigh-panels.

The form of bracket B may be modified as desired. By the arm 11, attached to the top of the panel at f, the trimming is not disturbed. The bracket B is supported by the brace from B to g, Fig. 4-, and also spans the molding and sets the rail A out aproper distance from. the panel, and may be put on any time after the sleigh is finished and at any desired part of rail A. The end holder, Fig. 5, has a socket .IC and receives the threaded stud F on plate 1) at right angles to perforation h. After the rail A is otherwise attached to the sleigh the surplus, if any, at a may be cut off by a boltcutter or any well-known means and the socket E put on and ii rmly attached by screwing up the stud F at 1;, Figs. 1 and 7. The plate I) is then screwed or bolted to the sleigh. By this means rails may be made extra long and cut or adjusted to the varying sizes of sleighs, and a durable and ornamental finish made to the back end, setting the rail A out from the sleigh at e a proper relative distance to the other fastenings. This rail A may be plated and the parts B, and 1 made black, or the reverse, to secure an ornamentalresult.

\\-'here an exact ordered length is desirable, the end finishers l) and lC may be dispensed with, and the back end at e may be finished with a hole 17, as at v, or with a cup covering, the same and held with a bolt or screw.

As a modification, the rail A may be secured at c and e by dispensing with the cup and placing the bolt or screw directly through the rail A,but the finish will not be as desirable, and when iron is used the end. may rust after plating unless covered by the cup 0; but without the plate and stud D and socket E the rail is not adjustable, so as to to be of commercial value as an article of manufacture for sale to the trade for any size of sleigh.

Having described my invention, I desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A bracket having an arm H and extension g, adapted to span a sleigh-panel molding, in combination With a sleigh-arm rail, substantially as set forth.

2. A bracket provided with a catch '5, in combination with a sleigh-arm rail, substantially as set forth.

ANSON SEARLS.

Witnesses:

SAML. J. SMITH, FREDERICK WooDRUFF. 

